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balancing family, work, and STO

dem613dem613 Member Posts: 143 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Ten Forward
I've always wondered, for those of you who are married (with or without kids) and working, how do you balance them with playing STO?

I myself am not married yet (nor going out with anyone) so I have more leeway as I play the game in my free time. But for all of you who are married with or without kids, how do you handle the 3?
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The same way you balance any leisure with any responsibility: There is no leisure when there's things to be done. This usually means you won't be hitting your reps every day, extended sessions chaining STFs are a rarity. You won't be getting tire 5 in a month, you'll be getting it when you get it. And you've got to live with that.

    However, a lot of people who haven't been married (or more specifically haven't lived with somebody) overestimate how much time you actually spend together at home. They'll move in together and expect it to be date night every night and about two weeks in everybody involved is sick of each other. You need a certain amount of activities you don't share, and STO fits into that quite well.
  • krilldarnkrilldarn Member Posts: 211 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    quit your job.... leave the other half (let them have the children) you play STO problem sorted...... I refer to the real world as D&D, Day-jobs and Drudgery.....


    joking aside.... I am lucky, my partner loves playing star trek, and chatting on teamspeak is almost as good as sitting together on the sofa watching TV.

    we do not have Children (be a miracle if we did as we have no womb between us) so no problems there.....

    I did find whilst sitting on the beach in Tenerife in May that i was killing Nausicans in my head whilst collecting imaginary Romulan marks..... believe me when i say STO can replace sex, drugs and rock and roll....... All i need now is a real life replicator.
  • crusty8maccrusty8mac Member Posts: 1,381 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    In our free time. We just have less of it.
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  • section31agent#8506 section31agent
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         Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Work 3rd shift so when kids go to school and wife is at work I can play. Then try to not short my sleep.
  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    hevach wrote: »
    The same way you balance any leisure with any responsibility: There is no leisure when there's things to be done. This usually means you won't be hitting your reps every day, extended sessions chaining STFs are a rarity. You won't be getting tire 5 in a month, you'll be getting it when you get it. And you've got to live with that.

    However, a lot of people who haven't been married (or more specifically haven't lived with somebody) overestimate how much time you actually spend together at home. They'll move in together and expect it to be date night every night and about two weeks in everybody involved is sick of each other. You need a certain amount of activities you don't share, and STO fits into that quite well.

    Thread over.
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Heh, wife and 4 kids... I mostly don't play, unless I have insomnia.
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  • dem613dem613 Member Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    twg042370 wrote: »
    Thread over.


    Huh? What do you mean thread over?
  • steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited July 2013
    dem613 wrote: »
    Huh? What do you mean thread over?

    its an expression meaning twg042370's opinion is that the quoted answer was so good, nothing more need be said.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2013
    I work from home. When things aren't busy, I play STO.
  • otisnobleotisnoble Member Posts: 1,290 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    dem613 wrote: »
    I've always wondered, for those of you who are married (with or without kids) and working, how do you balance them with playing STO?

    I myself am not married yet (nor going out with anyone) so I have more leeway as I play the game in my free time. But for all of you who are married with or without kids, how do you handle the 3?

    I'm retired and totally unbalanced. No wife or kids so I can play all day all though I do take a lot of naps.
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  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I work third shift as well, so I get some time during that sweet spot when you wake up and you have two to three hours to kill before the horde come.

    However, at work, once I get a good working laptop, I can play sto when the paperwork and other junk is done. I played it done before STO is awesome for work, since you can minimize and you dont have really play with others if you dont have the uninterrupted time.
  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    steamwright wrote: »
    its an expression meaning twg042370's opinion is that the quoted answer was so good, nothing more need be said.

    Explanation over.
    <3
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